Plantation, Fla. senior quarterback/athlete Torrance Gibson is among the nation’s top recruits.

This weekend he was in Columbus visiting Ohio State, and drawing comparisons to Terrelle Pryor in the process.

Last season, the 6-foot-4, 200-pounder threw for 1,789 yards with 19 touchdowns and just three interceptions; he also racked up more than 1,000 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns and led American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) to a Class 5A state title.

Gibson, the top dual-threat quarterback in the country and No. 8 overall prospect in the ESPN 300, was even nominated for an ESPN Sport Science Newton Award for Best Throw last season. That kind of clout has everyone from Ohio State to Tennessee to Auburn to Alabama, among many others, all giving chase.

Now Gibson has agreed to give USA TODAY HSS exclusive access into his world by chronicling everything from intimate details about his recruitment to his everyday life in a blog.

Just before his departure to Columbus he checked back with another blog:

Hey world it’s Torrance Gibson back with another blog and I hope you enjoy it!

I recently went to The Opening out in Oregon and that was a great experience. I love being a quarterback and I learned a lot from some great quarterbacks out there like Trent Dilfer and Jordan Palmer.

They told me I’d definitely be a quarterback because I’ve got the heart of a lion and they really made my confidence go up even more. I think the biggest thing that I'll take from them was to always be working. I work crazy hard already, but they were telling me how I can do even more. They said to always be working harder and harder; even on vacation find time to outwork everyone.

It felt good to hear them tell me how much they liked me as a quarterback because, of course, everyone has an opinion and there’s nothing you can do about that but some people list me as an athlete. That’s fine, but that just adds fuel to the fire. I’m a quarterback and the schools that are recruiting me want me to play quarterback. That’s what I'm focused on.

Tennessee is my leader, but I’m headed to Ohio State for the Friday Night Lights Camp; I don’t know what'll happen after that as far as who will be in the lead. Just gotta see what happens when I get there. I don’t know if there's anything that they can do really; I already really like Ohio State, I think it’s just a feeling that I’ll get. We’ll see.

I'm definitely looking forward to the visit though. I really want to check out their business school because that’s what I really want to study in college. I definitely want to see all of the facilities and everything like that.

I know it would be a good fit for me because me and Braxton Miller are like the same people and the offense really fits me perfect. A lot of people tell me that I should pick them. I just want to see how the vibe is when I go there. I’m looking forward to it; can’t wait!

The coaches at Ohio State said they’re real excited to get me there, too.

Coach (Mark) Pantoni is hilarious! He’ll says cool lingo; stuff like, “Holla atcha boy”" or something like that. Then he said that he’s gonna hit that “Nae-Nae” when I show up on campus Friday so that should be funny!

After that visit I’m probably just gonna focus on my season. I feel like I’ve been taking too many visits and leaving my team back home working. I don’t like that so I want to get back to working full time with my teammates so we can concentrate on winning this title!

I’ve decided to announce my decision on Oct. 20. I’d always said I wanted to wait until later to decide but a lot of people have been telling me that I’m waiting too long. I felt like I’ll go ahead and give the people what they want and commit early. I don’t know where yet at all so anything you read about me already knowing isn’t true. I figured I should definitely know three months from now after my officials.

We start school on August 25 and I’m excited about starting my senior year; me and my friends were just talking the other day about how we feel like we were just freshmen the other day. Time flies!

I’m kinda glad that I’ve only got one year left, but I had a lot of fun in high school so it’s kinda sad, too. My mom said as soon as I get that diploma she’s gonna wear the crown because I’m the sixth and last kid. She said she’s a free woman after me; mom might hit the “Nae-Nae” when I graduate! Haha!

OK guys, I hope you enjoyed the blog and I’ll be back soon to let you know how the Ohio State visit went.